diff --git a/helm-charts/seba-substrate/values.yaml b/helm-charts/seba-substrate/values.yaml
index 3f4a2c3..b3b78d9 100644
--- a/helm-charts/seba-substrate/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/seba-substrate/values.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 voltha:
   etcd-operator:
     customResources:
-      createEtcdClusterCRD: false
+      createEtcdClusterCRD: true
   kafkaReleaseName: "seba-substrate-voltha-kafka"
 
 # from configs/onos-voltha.yaml